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GEORGE M. HUBBARD, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO \V. & E. T.FITCH, OF SAME PLACE.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,200, dated December8, 1885.

Application filed October 12, I885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. HUBBARD, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inBridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letletters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a face view of one part of the bitbar and ring; Fig. 2, alongitudinal section through the same; Fig. 3, the ring detached asprepared for introduction to its place in the bit-bar.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of bits forbridles in which a ringshaped loop is hinged in the outer end of thebit, to which to attach the rein, and in which the ring is constructedwith a single guard, and the invention relates particularly to theconstruction of the ring to form the joint; and it consists inconstructing the ring open or divided, one end having a guard formedthereon as an integral part of the ring, the other end constructed witha shank which will pass through the opening in the end of the bitbar,the said shank having a stud on its end, and in longitudinal line withthe shank, to enter a. corresponding recess in the opposite end of thering,with a pin through that end of the ring,and through the saidstud,as a means for locking the ring in place, and as more fullyhereinafter described.

A represents one part of the bit-bar, the other part not shown; B, theouter end or head of the bit-bar, through which is a vertical centralopening, a, in which the ring is to be pivoted; O, the ring, is in theusual shape. The ring is divided. From one end there extends the guardD, and that end of the ring is constructed with an upward projection,1), corresponding to the opening in the head of the bit-bar, and so asto form a shoulder around the projection to take a bearing upon theunder side of the head of the bar, as seen in Fig. 2. The other end ofthe ring is constructed with a shank, E, the said Serial No. 179,633.(No model.)

shank at the end of the ring corresponding 0 to the diameter of theopening through the head of the bit-bar, and so as to leave a shoulder,d, at that end of the ring. The length of the shank is such as to passthrough the opening in the bit-bar and rest against the projection b onthe other end of the ring. On the end of the shank E is a concentricstud, e, and in the opposite end of the ring is a corresponding opening,i, into which the stud may enter, and transversely through 6 that end ofthe ring and the said opening a hole, f, is made, and a correspondinghole, 9,

in the stud, as seen in Fig. 3.

The ring is applied by introducing the shank E through the opening inthe head of 6 5 the bar, then closing the other end of the ring to theopposite side of the head, and so as to bring the stud 0 into theopening in that end of the ring,and as seen in Fig.2. Then a pin, h,isdriven through the hole in that end of the 0 ring and through the holein the said stud, thus securing the two ends of the ring firmlytogether, the shank E forming a pintle in the bar upon which the ringmay turn. This construction, while it makes a strong connec- 7 5 tionbetween the two ends of the ring, permits a neat finish to the ring atits junction with the head of the bit-bar, and without the use of solderor equivalent device for connecting the two ends of the ring. While thisconstruction is specially adapted to a halfcheek bitthat is, a bit witha single guard it may be provided with the two guards, as indicated inbroken lines, Fig. 1, or both guards may be omitted. 8 5

From the foregoing it will be understood that I do not claim, broadly, adivided ring hinged to the bit-bar by a pintle on the one part extendingthrough the head of the bitbar and secured to the other part, but

What I do claim is In a bridle-bit, the bit-bar A, having the verticalopening through its outer end, combined with a divided ring, C, one endconstructed with a projection, Z), to enter the 5 opening in the head ofthe bit-bar, and also constructed with a recess, 1', the other end ofthe ring constructed with a shank, E, corresponding to the openingthrough the bit-bar, that end of the ring and stud, substantially andthe said shank constructed With a stud, as described. 6, correspondingto the opening i in the other end of the ring, the said shank' extendingGEORGE HUBBARD 5 through the opening in the head, and into Witnesses:

said recess in the other end of the ring, and J a H. SHUMWAY,

there secured by a transverse pin through FREDERIO O. EARLE.

